Golden Proportions in the Stave Church of Lomen (Valdres, Norway, about 1192): Intended or the Fruit of Constructing <i>Ad Quadratum</i>?
<p id="p1">The stave church of Lomen in the Valdres valley, raised during the late twelfth century, close to the majestic Jotunheim mountain area, is remarkably innovative in its geometric construction. The present authors, applying the geometric tool GeoGebra (geogebra.at), demonstrate that the chu...
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| Lenguaje: | inglés |
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IntechOpen
2025
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/1219702 |
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| Sumario: | <p id="p1">The stave church of Lomen in the Valdres valley, raised during the late twelfth century, close to the majestic Jotunheim mountain area, is remarkably innovative in its geometric construction. The present authors, applying the geometric tool GeoGebra (geogebra.at), demonstrate that the church is vertically divided into the golden ratio and that other golden proportions are found in its elevation. Interestingly, the metrics used in the church are listed in a Carolingian text about agriculture, found in the Codex Gudianus, kept by the Wolfenbüttel library. The question is raised whether the golden proportions were the very <em><italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">intention</italic></em> aesthetically, or whether they were a de facto result of the master builder’s metrics. We will discuss this with arguments from both sides.</p> |
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| ISBN: | 978-1-83634-815-3 |
| DOI: | 10.5772/intechopen.1010184 |